The Social Democratic Party of Montenegro (SDP) (Montenegrin: Социјалдемократска партија Црне Горе, Socijaldemokratska Partija Crne Gore) is a political party in Montenegro. Although the SDP has the support of approximately 12% of the Montenegrin electorate, it has nevertheless managed to play a more notable part in the republic's political scene during the last decade and a half. The party's prominence stems from its close relations with the most powerful party in Montenegro - the DPS and its leader Milo Đukanović. Allying itself with the DPS and Đukanović ahead of the 1998 parliamentary elections allowed the SDP to enter the parliament for the very first time in its history - something it had been unable to do by itself in three previous attempts. Since the 1998 election, the SDP has con